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Arctic Monkeys "The Car" (Domino Records) 2022 .... Photography by Matt Helders ....

I can't think of any album that I ever got sick of playing but there is a song I never want to hear again. I had a friend who had a car 8-track player. We went out in it all the time in high school. It broke and got stuck with The Doors debut LP on track 4, which was the song "The End". Even the radio wouldn't work. I must've heard that song 50 times one summer. It got to the point where Morrison would sing, "This is the end" & everyone in the car would yell, "PLEASE BE THE END". I finally got it off that track one time by hitting the player right as it was supposed to switch back to track 1. It took a lot of tries but I finally did it. We got that tape out and we never put another tape in.

That's definitely a baritone saxophone on the out chorus.

I consider this to be more post bebop than Jim Hall:

I saw Jackson Browne in the fall of 1976 while I was in grad school. It was a fun show, though I never acquired any of Browne's LPs. Orleans was also on the bill, entertaining, though not anything I would have purchased. I've forgot the name of the terrible funk band that opened the show, but after one instrumental, they introduced a white female singer (announced as a Columbia recording artist who was so terrible she made them look good). The one rock LP I got sick of hearing was Heart's Dreamboat Annie, which a dorm neighbor played constantly. I resorted to drowning him out with Anthony Newman playing Wagner on pipe organ.

My wife had a bad habit of storing open batteries in loose bags, which meant that the positive terminals were not neatly lined up facing in the same direction. This has caused brand new, unused batteries to go bad and I am wondering if some of those that were used were already damaged and prone to leak as a result of such storage. I need to put date of installation on remotes using masking tape and remembering to check them all at least 2-43 times a year, a nice challenge given that every room that has a television, stereo, blu-ray player, etc. has a minimum of three or four remotes, which translates to six rooms over three different floors. Fortunately the addition of the top grade Amazon fire sticks eliminates the need for cable or television remotes. It's always a good idea to use batteries with identical expiration dates. If you buy Duracell, they are supposed to have a warranty against leakage and are supposed to repair or replace damaged items, at least they used to have it.

Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano–Sound Prints “Scandal” Blue Note cd 800×500 145 KB

One of my brothers played that album so many times over and over I can just look at the cover and I'm good.

Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (Asylum). Listening to the 5.1 mix off of the DVD-Audio disc. Nicely done surround, especially on the live tunes.

It is cold and raining .... btw me being desperately in need of some ☀️heartwarming☀️ stuff ....

I don’t get it. I’ve had several remotes stop working suddenly only to open them up and find the batteries leaking all over the battery compartment. Usually when this happens, I check all of my remotes and there have been several times when I’ve found leaking batteries and the remote still functions. WTF? 😀😀

Agree about the sort of "mismatch" with Wilbur Ware (at least based on his standards), which comes as surprise ...

Any recs from the Corbett vs Dempsey catalog? The Mars Williams/Hamid Drake album is fucking awesome

Moderator - can you fix this mess?

I also have a general preference for Dunlop over Riley for Monk. But Monk could be relatively inspired or relatively uninspired playing with either one of them. They both did their job as a good foil for Monk, i.e. someone who didn't get in Monk's way and encouraged him on when needed.

I agree, but as there's exception to every rule, there was a brief moment in history where Attila Zoller dabbled in jazz-rock. Check out Wolfgang Dauner Et Cetera performance at Altena: https://www.discogs.com/release/9043491-Various-International-New-Jazz-Meeting-Burg-Altena-1972-1973

"So Nice" from above CD ... this Blue Note disc is a compilation of 2x10" records from '53 (trio) and '54 (quintet with Frank Foster and Freeman Lee), PLUS 3 additional tracks recorded by Pacific Jazz in LA 1957, with Harold Land, Stu Williamson, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler. "So Nice" comes from this group of 3 tracks, all of which are superb and feature fine compositions and arrangements (Elmo's) and swinging, imaginative solos of the highest order. Elmo has it all together, Land was at a peak at this time, and this may be the best Williamson on record ... plus Leroy and Frank Butler! Pity they didn't record more ...

Most of the live Monk I've listened to have either Dunlop or Riley as drummer. Of those sets, I prefer the Dunlop dates but wouldn't say that Riley was weak or less compatible. Seems the consensus here is that there's no consensus.

Are Monk’s Dream and Criss-Cross the only(?) studio albums with Dunlop? Asking because I just heard them for the very first time only a few days ago (shocking, I know). And I was kind of blown away how well they hang together in terms of group interplay — almost like no other Monk I think I’ve ever heard in 30 years (admittedly, only a very random 8-10 albums at most, all the Blue Notes, and a smattering of others all over the place). And I think(?) Frankie might be the secret sauce that blew me away with these two albums — in part because my hunch is he has such a positive influence on Monk’s playing (which seems more snappy than I’m used to), and maybe Rouse too? I’ve sort of slept on Monk all these years, but these two albums were kind of a revelation for me on Tuesday and Wednesday — I listened to both of them 3x each over the two days (and thus this thread).

Tried to sleuth a bit on that clue, but Liebman has been an educator for a long time. He's got to have a lot of former students.

Although not as a regular, a recording with Art Blakey sitting in the Five Spot Cafe band on 9 July 1958 (Bye-ya and Epistrophy) is issued in The Complete Riverside Box. I can't technically explain well why, but certainly Art's way of getting things going is very "compatible" with Monk. Shadow Wilson is in the same way (maybe they share a bit old-style rhythmic concept?). Roy Haynes is good, Frankie Dunlop or Philly Joe is very nice, but I personally find it more strange that Max Roach didn't mesh together with Monk IMHO. Of course not bad, but something is off. As for bassists, a solid walker is a good match with Monk. How did it go with Leroy Vinegar?　I would love to hear how it sounded with Scott LaFaro or Gary Peacock or someone like them, I guess it wouldn't have worked. Wilbur Ware was also not a good match with Monk, I think.

Charlie Parr "Little Sun" (Smithsonian Folkways) 2024 .... reminds of Hopper`s painting "Day After The Funeral" ....

Kali Uchis "Orquídeas" (Geffen Records) 2024 ....

Virgilio Marti "Inyere" (Caiman Records) 1984 .... Jerry Gonzalez on congas ....